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ABRAHAM AYRES, OF HIOKSVILLE, NEWv YORK.

APPARATUS; EMPLOYED 1N LoooMoTIvE-ENGINES Fon ARRESTING AND eoNsUMINGSPARKS, sw.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. 2,472, dated February 28, 1842.

To all who/m, z' 'may Concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM Armas, of Hicksville, in the county ofQueens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementon Locomotive- Engines; and l do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and eXaot description of the construction and operation ofthe saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis speeication, in which Figure l, represents a locomotive engine.Fig. 2 the fender. Fig. 3 a passenger ear.

Letter A is the smoke pipe to allow the smoke to pass off when theengine is stand* ing still; B, a damper to be closed when the engine isunder headway; C, exhaust pipes on an improved plan; D, No. l, a pipe toConvey the smoke, sparks, coals, and hot air into the ash pan andfurnace; E, a damper to admit air into the furnace; D, No. 2, a

Continuation of pipe D, No. l, to admit heat into the tubes in thetender; F, a number of copper tubes passing through the fender for thepurpose of heating the water; G, a pipe to be used for heating the carsand conveying the smoke behind the train when F and D, No. 2, are notused.

That l elaiin as my invention, and desire to seeuie lov Letters Patent,is-

The application of a smoke pipe on locomotive engines, for the purposeof Conveying the smoke, sparks, coals, and hot air into the furnace,heating the water in the tender, and leading the smoke pipes under thebodies of the ears, so as to allow the smoke to escape behind the train.

ABRAHAM AYRES.

Witnesses PETER HENRY DREYER, V. CORNELL,

